During the 1920's The United States went through a thriving economic period (until 1929) and this caused Americans to spend more money in leisure, including sports and different types of entertainment and activities.
Because of all these things, sports became a national pastime and people could follow different sports by:
- Attending games
- Following teams in the newspapers
- Reading about teams in magazine reports
- Listening to games on the radio
Chinese men rushed into California and American had to make a Chinese-exclusion Act which banned Chinese from coming into the US for 10 years.
The crusades sent to spread Christianity